Oct 03 Watch 8:16 A look at the major cases the Supreme Court will take up in its new term By Geoff Bennett, Doug Adams The Supreme Court begins a new term on Monday following a summer-long recess shaped by legal battles over the Trump administration’s agenda. William Brangham discussed the high-profile cases with News Hour Supreme Court analyst and SCOTUSBlog cofounder Amy Howe, and… Continue watching
Oct 03 Supreme Court allows Trump to strip protections from more than 300,000 Venezuelan migrants By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The justices issued an emergency order, which will last as long as the court case continues, putting on hold a lower-court ruling by U.S. District Judge Edward Chen in San Francisco that found the administration had wrongly ended temporary protected status for… Continue reading
Oct 03 Supreme Court will weigh Hawaii’s strict ban on guns on private property By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press President Donald Trump's Republican administration had urged the justices to take the case, arguing the law violates the court’s landmark 2022 ruling that expanded gun rights by finding the Second Amendment generally gives people the right to carry firearms. Continue reading
Oct 01 Supreme Court lets Lisa Cook remain as a Federal Reserve governor for now in unsigned order By Mark Sherman, Associated Press In a brief unsigned order, the high court said it would hear arguments in January over President Donald Trump's effort to force Cook off the Fed board. Continue reading
Sep 27 Trump asks Supreme Court to uphold birthright citizenship restrictions he wants to impose By Mark Sherman, Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press President Donald Trump's administration is asking the Supreme Court to uphold his birthright citizenship order declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens. Continue reading
Sep 22 Supreme Court will weigh expanding Trump’s power to shape independent agencies By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press The high court agreed Monday to quickly hear arguments in a case over the firing of members of the Federal Trade Commission and two other boards. Continue reading
Sep 19 DOJ asks Supreme Court to strip legal protections from 300,000 Venezuelan migrants By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The Trump administration on Friday asked the Supreme Court for an emergency order allowing it to strip legal protections from more than 300,000 Venezuelan migrants. Continue reading
Sep 12 Kavanaugh says no one has too much power in U.S. system. Critics see Supreme Court bowing to Trump By Mark Sherman, Associated Press Invoking the list of grievances against King George III that the nation’s founders included in the Declaration of Independence, Kavanaugh said Thursday the framers of the Constitution were set on avoiding the concentration of power. Continue reading
Sep 09 Supreme Court grants unusually quick hearing on whether Trump has power to impose sweeping tariffs By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press The tariffs will remain in place in the lead-up to arguments set for November, a lightning-fast timetable by the Supreme Court's typical standards. Continue reading
Sep 09 Chief justice keeps Trump funding freeze in place for now By Mark Sherman, Associated Press Chief Justice John Roberts acted on the Trump administration's emergency appeal to the Supreme Court in a case involving billions of dollars in congressionally approved aid. Continue reading